Identification help

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riverwonders
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Identification help

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Merry Christmas,

Can anybody identify which kind of Sturisoma these are?

Thanks in advance

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Post by Jackster »

Looks like S. panamense or aureum to me.

Take a look at this post.

There seems to be more questions than answers when identifying these but I do see
that this has the curved dorsal fin (S. panamense/aureum)?
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Post by chef »

looking at the head shape especially the nose it looks like S.panamense, any idea where it was collected from
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Thanks

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Thanks a lot for the quick responces. We received the fish from Colombia.


Thanks Again

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Post by Shane »

These are collected in large numbers in the lower Magdalena and shipped from Bogota. They are usually identified as Sturisoma aureum in the trade.
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